Emotion ran deep as Britain’s XBlades Racing captured their third consecutive season triumph in the Drone Champions League, the World Championship for professional drone racing teams, at the 2019 finale in Salina Turda, Romania. In a salt mine 150 meters below the surface, the British team clinched the crown on the first day of racing. But the overall season performance of two DCL newcomers – Denmark’s APEX Racing in second and Russia’s Drone Sports in third – as well as fourth-place Veloce Racing of Korea, signaled that a revolution may be brewing for 2020.